David Russell Quotes
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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It's always fun teasing the person. When they ask if I'm gay, I say, 'Oh, I don't know.'
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I feel pressure, but my emotions just don't show that much in my face.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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Wrestling is different to me. As I talk to other wrestlers, wrestling seems a little different to me than it does to a lot of them. To me, it's about an artistic performance and about honing my artistic performance in pursuit of these minute moments of perfection. These little encapsulations. And none of them are ever perfect.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.
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Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful weapons.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.
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You can’t be reluctant to give up your lie and still tell the truth.
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They're out there, this appalling idea that there are companies that profit - not just profit but profit enormously - through war.
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That's what you feel as an athlete. Pretty much our job is to make the impossible happen every day. It's like magic, you know. I like that.
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The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
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All of my life people have thought of me as Bing Crosby's daughter. Now they'll remember me as the person who shot J.R.
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The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
